This is a pretty quick and easy Mandalorian drawing that I did for one of my sketches in my “Daily Sketch” book. Unfortunately, it’s turned into more of a “semi-monthly” sketch, but I digress.
Rather than searching for any “how to draw the Mandalorian” tips of anything like that, I just found a good image of him that I liked and started sketching. The reference I used was of his whole figure, but I was specifically looking at how to draw the Mandalorian helmet, rather than his whole set of armor.
Materials Used
For this drawing I used
- A GraphGear 500 Mechanical Pencil
- The sole drawing utencil I used for this sketch. Any mechanical pencil will do, but I recommend a few in my article about best mechanical pencils for sketching.
- A Mr. Pen Eraser Pencil
- I only recently purchased this, but I already highly recommend it. It’s really good for erasing fine lines, and can be sharpened like a regular pencil
- A Kneaded Eraser
- You probably don’t knead this one (ba-dum-tss), but it’s helpful for any bigger mistakes or for lightening sections you feel are too dark
As you can probably tell, I didn’t spend too much effort cleaning things up or shading anything. Because of that, it’d probably be more accurate to call this a Mandalorian sketch rather than a Mandalorian drawing. Drawings are typically a lot more refined than sketches, so I think it’s fitting to call this a sketch.
Mandalorian Drawing Tips
Much of this you can probably point out for yourself, but for the sake of making it clear, here’s some pointers if you wanted to try and take this on yourself
Drawing The Mandalorian Helmet
The Mandalorian’s helmet is metallic, and so you’ll need to reflect that in the way you draw it (lol, get it? Reflect? Because it’s meta– ok yeah sorry, let’s continue). Metal is reflective, so your highlights will be prominent and have harder edges than a non-metallic surface.
It also has very defined edges around the cheek areas of the helmet, which casts dark shadows based on where the light is coming from.
Drawing the Cloak and Shoulders
For my sketch of the Mandalorian, I took it pretty easy on anything non-helmet related and cut off the drawing around the collar-bone area.
For the cloak, I mostly just outlined the form and added some shadows or highlights based roughly on the reference but also just whatever I thought made it look more like fabric with folds and creases without too much detail.
The shoulder without the cloak does have some belts and part of his armor visible, but I spent much less time worrying about this area, as the focal point of the drawing was intended to be the Mandalorian’s helmet.
General Tips for Drawing The Mandalorian
Do your best to get the Mandalorian helmet proportions right, but don’t overthink it. As long as you’re using a pencil, you can just erase and try again, or start over on a fresh sheet.
I recommend fully finishing at least one attempt. Don’t just give up the whole drawing because it doesn’t look right to you. There’s been many times in the past where something just doesn’t look right until you’ve added finishing touches later.